Category: Business

Omaha, NE — Berkshire Hathaway has purchased 9,200 of its Class A shares at $131,000 per share from the estate of a long-time shareholder. The Board of Directors authorized this purchase coincident…

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months, apart from weather-related disruptions….

As the December 31st deadline for renewing the Bush-era tax cuts looms, a business guru weighs in on the affects plans from President Obama and Republicans would have on the nation’s massive…

By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times – MENLO PARK, Calif. — In just eight years, Facebook signed up more than half the world’s Internet population. Now it’s going after the rest. Facebook wants…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mark Kirk (R-IL) announced that major portions of their bill to help increase the workload and help…

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said the 92 to 4 Senate vote today for bipartisan legislation to grant permanent normal trade relations – PNTR status – to Russia and Moldova is a…

FOREST CITY, Iowa — Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), a leading United States recreation vehicle manufacturer, unveiled a number of innovative RVs at the 50th Annual Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) National RV…

FOREST CITY – According to the November 30, 2012 announcement, Winnebago Industries’ Class A and C motorhomes were named as this year’s Gold winners and the Class B Era received Silver status…

By Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times – An identity thief who gains access to your credit card or bank account could harm you financially, but one who steals your medical information could…

By Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune – There are mere weeks left to maneuver so you keep as much of your money as possible without overpaying taxes for 2012. But this is no…

By Chris Mondics, The Philadelphia Inquirer – It is a scathing takedown of bureaucratic excess. Every year at Thanksgiving, lawyers at Dechert LLP’s structured finance group issue their Golden Turkeys, a compendium of…

By Alisa Priddle, Detroit Free Press – Ford’s targeted efforts to challenge Toyota in the hybrid market are gaining momentum. The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker said Friday it expects to hit a record 11…

By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press – Japanese automakers are building new North American assembly plants at a breakneck pace to regain lost U.S. market share and reduce their dependence on a homeland…

WASHINGTON – The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the kickoff of Operation Holiday Hoax, an effort to track down those who are selling counterfeit and pirated products this…

By David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times – It’s hard enough having a serious condition like cancer or kidney failure. It’s even worse, some might think, when your health insurer says you have to…

By David Undercoffler, Los Angeles Times – Through 10 months of this year, no compact car has sold better than the Honda Civic. Not the Toyota Corolla, the Ford Focus, the Chevy Cruze…

By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – On one stage of the Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW shows off “the cars of tomorrow,” concepts powered by electricity. On another, Audi touts four new…

By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press – So is this the year that Santa hauls the family cottage or part of the family-run restaurant down the chimney? Wealthier parents and grandparents could be…

By Sandy Bauers, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Behind the wheel in an empty spot of his Cherry Hill, N.J., law firm’s parking lot, Peter Spirgel grinned wickedly. Then he floored it. Whooah!…

By Jim Gallagher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – If you’re looking for a car, love snow. Love ice. Delight in shivering. Used car prices tend to dip when the weather is cold, and…

By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — A top Obama administration official said a key government agency that has helped stabilize the housing market might be able to stay afloat…

By Sandy Kleffman, Contra Costa Times – OAKLAND, Calif. — High levels of a potentially cancer-causing flame retardant have been found in products for babies and young children, an environmental group said…

By Andrew Dunn, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America is preparing to add more restrictions to its popular work-from-home program, meaning more employees across the company will be sent…

By Ameet Sachdev, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A Chicago-area woman with a prosthetic leg was wrongfully terminated from a temporary job because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged…

Thomas Lee, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Best Buy Co. had hoped the recent launch of Windows 8 would spark holiday sales. So far, though, Windows 8 sales have largely fizzled. Since Microsoft Corp….

By Steve Johnson and Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News – As the nation gets close to plunging over the metaphorical fiscal cliff, triggering what could be massive tax increases and spending cuts…

By Gary M. Singer, Sun Sentinel – QUESTION: I am trying to sell my condominium, and I just found out the association didn’t approve the buyer. Is there anything I can do? —Sara…

By Jake Grovum, Stateline.org – Several U.S. states have joined the investigations swirling around the illegal manipulation of the bank-to-bank interest rate known as “Libor” — an international scandal that may have cost…

By Chuck Myers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service – No mincing the difference between naughty and nice here. Charity scam artists can quickly take the cheer out of the holiday season for generous individuals, families…

By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times – Flying for the holidays has gotten a bit more expensive this year. The average airline ticket price for domestic flights departing in the last two weeks…

By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON—The number of homes in foreclosure dropped in October from the previous month and was down 9 percent for the year as the housing market showed…

By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Imagine a brazen burglary at the police precinct and you’ll understand what the Federal Trade Commission was up against. For weeks, consumers had been complaining about…

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times – Shoppers went hunting for bargains over the Internet on Cyber Monday in yet another round of retail mania this month, setting a record as the biggest…

By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times – SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is getting out the vote — on whether users can continue to vote on policy changes at the giant social network. Voting…

By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times – With the presidential election and Superstorm Sandy behind them, car shoppers headed for dealer lots last month in the biggest numbers since early 2008. Multiple brands,…

By Claudia Buck, The Sacramento Bee – Questions about the new Medicare tax and about buying retirement credits are this week’s “Ask the Experts” topics. The answers are from Greg Burke, Calif.,…

By Nedra Rhone, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – It’s a busy time for eye doctors. The year-end surge in patients has little to do with patients’ declining eyesight. It’s mostly because of the…

By Richard Newman, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, holders of safe-deposit boxes should consider how safe the valuables they’ve got stowed away really are. The boxes’…

DES MOINES – Nearly 1,000 confinement site manure applicators may need to complete their annual training requirements by Dec. 31 according to the DNR. “It’s not too late for applicators who are…